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'Nones' belonging: Sunday assemblies, cathedrals and quakers

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'Nones' belonging: Sunday assemblies, cathedrals and quakers. / Toombs, I.; Grant, R.
In: Quaker Studies, Vol. 25, No. 2, 01.12.2020, p. 227-241.

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Toombs I, Grant R. 'Nones' belonging: Sunday assemblies, cathedrals and quakers. Quaker Studies. 2020 Dec 1;25(2):227-241. doi: 10.3828/quaker.2020.25.2.7

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Toombs, I. ; Grant, R. / 'Nones' belonging : Sunday assemblies, cathedrals and quakers. In: Quaker Studies. 2020 ; Vol. 25, No. 2. pp. 227-241.

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